Venice is pure romance; that which all Europeans yearn for, the dream of all Americans. But the world's most beautiful city is becoming uninhabitable. The film shows what remains of Venetian life: a subculture of tourist service industries; a port for monstrous cruisers; Venetians who move to the mainland as there are no longer affordable apartments to be found. A Requiem for a still grand city. An illustration of how common property becomes the prey of few. An elegy to the last Venetians, their humour and their hearts.